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[1/7] fs: Introduce buffered_write_operations

Message ID 20240528164829.2105447-2-willy@infradead.org
State New
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Series Start moving write_begin/write_end out of aops | expand

Commit Message

Matthew Wilcox May 28, 2024, 4:48 p.m. UTC
Start the process of moving write_begin and write_end out from the
address_space_operations to their own struct.

The new write_begin returns the folio or an ERR_PTR instead of returning
the folio by reference.  It also accepts len as a size_t and (as
documented) the len may be larger than PAGE_SIZE.

Pass an optional buffered_write_operations pointer to various functions
in filemap.c.  The old names are available as macros for now, except
for generic_file_write_iter() which is used as a function pointer by
many filesystems.  If using the new functions, the filesystem can have
per-operation fsdata instead of per-page fsdata.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst | 23 ++++++++
 fs/jfs/file.c                         |  3 +-
 fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c                   |  3 +-
 fs/ufs/file.c                         |  2 +-
 include/linux/fs.h                    |  3 --
 include/linux/pagemap.h               | 21 ++++++++
 mm/filemap.c                          | 77 +++++++++++++++++----------
 7 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

Comments

kernel test robot May 28, 2024, 11:42 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Matthew,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v6.10-rc1 next-20240528]
[cannot apply to tytso-ext4/dev jack-fs/for_next]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Matthew-Wilcox-Oracle/fs-Introduce-buffered_write_operations/20240529-005213
base:   linus/master
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240528164829.2105447-2-willy%40infradead.org
patch subject: [PATCH 1/7] fs: Introduce buffered_write_operations
config: arm64-allnoconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240529/202405290745.X6owMB05-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: aarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240529/202405290745.X6owMB05-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202405290745.X6owMB05-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> mm/filemap.c:4097: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'fsdata' not described in '__filemap_write_iter'
   mm/filemap.c:4146: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'ops' not described in 'filemap_write_iter'
>> mm/filemap.c:4146: warning: Function parameter or struct member 'fsdata' not described in 'filemap_write_iter'


vim +4097 mm/filemap.c

^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4072  
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4073  /**
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4074)  * __filemap_write_iter - write data to a file
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4075   * @iocb: IO state structure (file, offset, etc.)
8174202b34c30e Al Viro                 2014-04-03  4076   * @from: iov_iter with data to write
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4077)  * @ops: How to inform the filesystem that a write is starting/finishing.
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4078   *
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4079   * This function does all the work needed for actually writing data to a
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4080   * file. It does all basic checks, removes SUID from the file, updates
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4081   * modification times and calls proper subroutines depending on whether we
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4082   * do direct IO or a standard buffered write.
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4083   *
9608703e488cf7 Jan Kara                2021-04-12  4084   * It expects i_rwsem to be grabbed unless we work on a block device or similar
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4085   * object which does not need locking at all.
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4086   *
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4087   * This function does *not* take care of syncing data in case of O_SYNC write.
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4088   * A caller has to handle it. This is mainly due to the fact that we want to
9608703e488cf7 Jan Kara                2021-04-12  4089   * avoid syncing under i_rwsem.
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4090   *
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4091   * Return:
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4092   * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4093   * * negative error code if no data has been written at all
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4094   */
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4095) ssize_t __filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4096) 		const struct buffered_write_operations *ops, void *fsdata)
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16 @4097  {
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4098  	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
fb5527e68d4956 Jeff Moyer              2006-10-19  4099  	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4100  	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4101  	ssize_t ret;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4102  
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4103  	ret = file_remove_privs(file);
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4104  	if (ret)
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4105  		return ret;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4106  
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4107  	ret = file_update_time(file);
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4108  	if (ret)
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4109  		return ret;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4110  
2ba48ce513c4e5 Al Viro                 2015-04-09  4111  	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4112  		ret = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4113  		/*
fbbbad4bc2101e Matthew Wilcox          2015-02-16  4114  		 * If the write stopped short of completing, fall back to
fbbbad4bc2101e Matthew Wilcox          2015-02-16  4115  		 * buffered writes.  Some filesystems do this for writes to
fbbbad4bc2101e Matthew Wilcox          2015-02-16  4116  		 * holes, for example.  For DAX files, a buffered write will
fbbbad4bc2101e Matthew Wilcox          2015-02-16  4117  		 * not succeed (even if it did, DAX does not handle dirty
fbbbad4bc2101e Matthew Wilcox          2015-02-16  4118  		 * page-cache pages correctly).
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4119  		 */
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4120  		if (ret < 0 || !iov_iter_count(from) || IS_DAX(inode))
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4121  			return ret;
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4122  		return direct_write_fallback(iocb, from, ret,
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4123) 				filemap_perform_write(iocb, from, ops, fsdata));
fb5527e68d4956 Jeff Moyer              2006-10-19  4124  	}
44fff0fa08ec5a Christoph Hellwig       2023-06-01  4125  
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4126) 	return filemap_perform_write(iocb, from, ops, fsdata);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4127  }
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4128) EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_write_iter);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4129  
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4130  /**
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4131)  * filemap_write_iter - write data to a file
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4132   * @iocb:	IO state structure
8174202b34c30e Al Viro                 2014-04-03  4133   * @from:	iov_iter with data to write
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4134   *
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4135)  * This is a wrapper around __filemap_write_iter() to be used by most
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4136   * filesystems. It takes care of syncing the file in case of O_SYNC file
9608703e488cf7 Jan Kara                2021-04-12  4137   * and acquires i_rwsem as needed.
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4138)  *
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4139   * Return:
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4140)  * * negative error code if no data has been written at all or if
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4141   *   vfs_fsync_range() failed for a synchronous write
a862f68a8b3600 Mike Rapoport           2019-03-05  4142   * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
e4dd9de3c66bc7 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4143   */
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4144) ssize_t filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4145) 		const struct buffered_write_operations *ops, void *fsdata)
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16 @4146  {
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4147  	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
148f948ba877f4 Jan Kara                2009-08-17  4148  	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4149  	ssize_t ret;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4150  
5955102c9984fa Al Viro                 2016-01-22  4151  	inode_lock(inode);
3309dd04cbcd2c Al Viro                 2015-04-09  4152  	ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
3309dd04cbcd2c Al Viro                 2015-04-09  4153  	if (ret > 0)
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4154) 		ret = __filemap_write_iter(iocb, from, ops, fsdata);
5955102c9984fa Al Viro                 2016-01-22  4155  	inode_unlock(inode);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4156  
e259221763a404 Christoph Hellwig       2016-04-07  4157  	if (ret > 0)
e259221763a404 Christoph Hellwig       2016-04-07  4158  		ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4159  	return ret;
^1da177e4c3f41 Linus Torvalds          2005-04-16  4160  }
1e90da36c016f4 Matthew Wilcox (Oracle  2024-05-28  4161)
Christoph Hellwig May 29, 2024, 5:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 05:48:22PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> Start the process of moving write_begin and write_end out from the
> address_space_operations to their own struct.
> 
> The new write_begin returns the folio or an ERR_PTR instead of returning
> the folio by reference.  It also accepts len as a size_t and (as
> documented) the len may be larger than PAGE_SIZE.
> 
> Pass an optional buffered_write_operations pointer to various functions
> in filemap.c.  The old names are available as macros for now, except
> for generic_file_write_iter() which is used as a function pointer by
> many filesystems.  If using the new functions, the filesystem can have
> per-operation fsdata instead of per-page fsdata.

The model looks good, but buffered_write_operations sounds a little
too generic for a helper that hopefully won't have too many users in
the end.
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index e664061ed55d..e62a8a83ea9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -413,6 +413,29 @@  path after ->swap_activate() returned success.
 
 ->swap_rw will be called for swap IO if SWP_FS_OPS was set by ->swap_activate().
 
+buffered_write_operations
+=========================
+
+	struct folio *(*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *,
+			loff_t pos, size_t len, void **fsdata);
+	size_t (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *,
+			loff_t pos, size_t len, size_t copied,
+			struct folio *folio, void **fsdata);
+
+For write_begin, 'len' is typically the remaining length of the write,
+and is not capped to PAGE_SIZE.  For write_end, len will be limited so
+that pos + len <= folio_pos(folio) + folio_size(folio).  copied will
+not exceed len.  pos + len will not exceed MAX_LFS_FILESIZE.
+
+write_begin may return an ERR_PTR.  write_end may return a number less
+than copied if it needs the caller to retry from an earlier position in
+the file.  It cannot signal an error; that must be done by write_begin().
+
+write_begin should lock the folio and increase its refcount.  write_end
+should unlock it and drop the refcount, possibly after setting it
+uptodate (it can only use folio_end_read() for this if it knows the folio
+was not previously uptodate; probably best not to use it).
+
 file_lock_operations
 ====================
 
diff --git a/fs/jfs/file.c b/fs/jfs/file.c
index 01b6912e60f8..9c62445ea6be 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/file.c
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ 
  *   Portions Copyright (C) Christoph Hellwig, 2001-2002
  */
 
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include "jfs_incore.h"
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
index b45c7edc3225..5de2a232d07f 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/file-mmu.c
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ 
  * caches is sufficient.
  */
 
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index 6558882a89ef..b557d4a14143 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 
  *  ext2 fs regular file handling primitives
  */
 
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 
 #include "ufs_fs.h"
 #include "ufs.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0283cf366c2a..4c6c2042cbeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3115,10 +3115,7 @@  extern int generic_file_rw_checks(struct file *file_in, struct file *file_out);
 ssize_t filemap_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to,
 		ssize_t already_read);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-extern ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-extern ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 ssize_t direct_write_fallback(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		ssize_t direct_written, ssize_t buffered_written);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index ee633712bba0..2921c1cc6335 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -18,6 +18,27 @@ 
 
 struct folio_batch;
 
+struct buffered_write_operations {
+	struct folio *(*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *,
+			loff_t pos, size_t len, void **fsdata);
+	size_t (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *,
+			loff_t pos, size_t len, size_t copied,
+			struct folio *folio, void **fsdata);
+};
+
+ssize_t filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *, void *fsdata);
+ssize_t __filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *, void *fsdata);
+ssize_t filemap_perform_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *, void *fsdata);
+
+ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
+#define generic_perform_write(kiocb, iter)		\
+	filemap_perform_write(kiocb, iter, NULL, NULL)
+#define __generic_file_write_iter(kiocb, iter)		\
+	__filemap_write_iter(kiocb, iter, NULL, NULL)
+
 unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 					pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 382c3d06bfb1..162ac110c423 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ 
  *    ->invalidate_lock		(filemap_fault)
  *      ->lock_page		(filemap_fault, access_process_vm)
  *
- *  ->i_rwsem			(generic_perform_write)
+ *  ->i_rwsem			(filemap_perform_write)
  *    ->mmap_lock		(fault_in_readable->do_page_fault)
  *
  *  bdi->wb.list_lock
@@ -3975,7 +3975,8 @@  generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_direct_write);
 
-ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *i)
+ssize_t filemap_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *i,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *ops, void *fsdata)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	loff_t pos = iocb->ki_pos;
@@ -3985,11 +3986,10 @@  ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *i)
 	ssize_t written = 0;
 
 	do {
-		struct page *page;
-		unsigned long offset;	/* Offset into pagecache page */
-		unsigned long bytes;	/* Bytes to write to page */
+		struct folio *folio;
+		size_t offset;		/* Offset into pagecache folio */
+		size_t bytes;		/* Bytes to write to page */
 		size_t copied;		/* Bytes copied from user */
-		void *fsdata = NULL;
 
 		offset = (pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1));
 		bytes = min_t(unsigned long, PAGE_SIZE - offset,
@@ -4012,19 +4012,33 @@  ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *i)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		status = a_ops->write_begin(file, mapping, pos, bytes,
+		if (ops) {
+			folio = ops->write_begin(file, mapping, pos, bytes, &fsdata);
+			if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
+				status = PTR_ERR(folio);
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			struct page *page;
+			status = a_ops->write_begin(file, mapping, pos, bytes,
 						&page, &fsdata);
-		if (unlikely(status < 0))
-			break;
+			if (unlikely(status < 0))
+				break;
+			folio = page_folio(page);
+		}
 
 		if (mapping_writably_mapped(mapping))
-			flush_dcache_page(page);
+			flush_dcache_folio(folio);
 
-		copied = copy_page_from_iter_atomic(page, offset, bytes, i);
-		flush_dcache_page(page);
+		copied = copy_folio_from_iter_atomic(folio, offset, bytes, i);
+		flush_dcache_folio(folio);
 
-		status = a_ops->write_end(file, mapping, pos, bytes, copied,
-						page, fsdata);
+		if (ops)
+			status = ops->write_end(file, mapping, pos, bytes,
+					copied, folio, &fsdata);
+		else
+			status = a_ops->write_end(file, mapping, pos, bytes,
+					copied, &folio->page, fsdata);
 		if (unlikely(status != copied)) {
 			iov_iter_revert(i, copied - max(status, 0L));
 			if (unlikely(status < 0))
@@ -4054,12 +4068,13 @@  ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *i)
 	iocb->ki_pos += written;
 	return written;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_perform_write);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_perform_write);
 
 /**
- * __generic_file_write_iter - write data to a file
- * @iocb:	IO state structure (file, offset, etc.)
- * @from:	iov_iter with data to write
+ * __filemap_write_iter - write data to a file
+ * @iocb: IO state structure (file, offset, etc.)
+ * @from: iov_iter with data to write
+ * @ops: How to inform the filesystem that a write is starting/finishing.
  *
  * This function does all the work needed for actually writing data to a
  * file. It does all basic checks, removes SUID from the file, updates
@@ -4077,7 +4092,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_perform_write);
  * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
  * * negative error code if no data has been written at all
  */
-ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+ssize_t __filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *ops, void *fsdata)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
@@ -4104,27 +4120,29 @@  ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		if (ret < 0 || !iov_iter_count(from) || IS_DAX(inode))
 			return ret;
 		return direct_write_fallback(iocb, from, ret,
-				generic_perform_write(iocb, from));
+				filemap_perform_write(iocb, from, ops, fsdata));
 	}
 
-	return generic_perform_write(iocb, from);
+	return filemap_perform_write(iocb, from, ops, fsdata);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_write_iter);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_write_iter);
 
 /**
- * generic_file_write_iter - write data to a file
+ * filemap_write_iter - write data to a file
  * @iocb:	IO state structure
  * @from:	iov_iter with data to write
  *
- * This is a wrapper around __generic_file_write_iter() to be used by most
+ * This is a wrapper around __filemap_write_iter() to be used by most
  * filesystems. It takes care of syncing the file in case of O_SYNC file
  * and acquires i_rwsem as needed.
+ *
  * Return:
- * * negative error code if no data has been written at all of
+ * * negative error code if no data has been written at all or if
  *   vfs_fsync_range() failed for a synchronous write
  * * number of bytes written, even for truncated writes
  */
-ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+ssize_t filemap_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
+		const struct buffered_write_operations *ops, void *fsdata)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -4133,13 +4151,18 @@  ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret > 0)
-		ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
+		ret = __filemap_write_iter(iocb, from, ops, fsdata);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
 
 	if (ret > 0)
 		ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	return filemap_write_iter(iocb, from, NULL, NULL);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_iter);
 
 /**